Seydoux family


The Seydoux family is a prominent French family descended from François Seydoux, from Vevey, Switzerland, and originally from Vaulruz, in the canton of Fribourg.
Since the 19th century, members of the Seydoux family have distinguished themselves in the fields of industry and finance, but also in diplomacy, and, more recently, in cinema:

History

The Seydoux family descends from François Seydoux, a bourgeois originally from the Swiss town of Vaulruz, canton of Fribourg. His father, André Seydoux, was the first to come to France. Originally Catholic, François returned to Switzerland where he converted to Protestantism to marry Angélique Brelaz; he then returned to Paris to engage in various businesses. In the 19th century, his sons Charles and Auguste developed a textile company in northern France. Its original location was in Le Cateau-Cambrésis. Their descendants have distinguished themselves in various fields.
In 1902, the Seydoux family joined the noble through the marriage of Jacques Seydoux to Mathilde de Clausonne. During the 1930s, their children, René, François, Georgette and Roger Seydoux, were authorized by a decree of 27 July 1934 to add the name "Fornier de Clausonne" to their own.
René Seydoux joined the Schlumberger family through his marriage to Geneviève Schlumberger. She created the Fondation René-Seydoux to "develop and reinforce the solidarity that unites the countries of the Mediterranean". Their son, Jérôme, became manager of the Pathé film company.

Selected members